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Replied Jul. 9, 2008
Confined Space Horizontal drag to Vertical lift
Started May. 19, 2008
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- Department:
- Midway Hose Co # 2/Matawan Borough Fire Department and Schering-Plough Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Lt
- Years of public service:
- 20
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Progressive Development in emergency services
- Professional Qualifications:
- Firefighter
Emergency Medical Technician
Hazardous Materials Technician
Technical Rescue Technician-High Angle and Confined Space
Cold Water Rescue Technician
Vehicle Extrication Certified
- Topics you provide training for:
- Medical, Firematic, and Rescue
- Areas of expertise:
- Medical, Technical Rescue (Rope), HazMat
- Bio:
- I have been in emergency services for 20 years, with 20 years of experience as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and more recently 5 years as a firefighter. As an EMT I have held positions as Captain, 1st and 2nd Lieutenant and Sergeant. As 1st Lieutenant I was responsible for training the membership of the squad in first aid techniques and vehicle extrication. As a firefighter I have held the 2nd Lieutenant, Chief Engineer and the Assistant Engineers position. In each of the positions I have trained the members of the company in first aid techniques and firematic operations. I am currently in the process of obtaining my Fire Service Level 1 and 2 certifications. After-which, I will develop in house certification courses in Cold Water Rescue and Technical Rescue operations.
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Not sure about the other question but most of it can be found in the stds. Eddie Moore atht e academy is a great source. So is the state.
As per your CSR scenario question, that is exactally the way we would have done it. As soon as I read the space configuration I was already thinking "Inch Worm." With the vertical drop and then horizontal travel, running the retrieval system from on top works, but the entry team using a spearate MA system to complete the horizontal move to the vertical shaft works fantastic if there is room to pull in the main vault. It gives you a direct line of sight to your patient and allows for better feel and control of the movement. Depending on the horizontal distance from the main vault, a Z-Rig anchored to the same place could also be configured giving your team a 3:1 in place of the 2:1 provided in your question while still giving control to the rescue team. If you have enough rope to set your traveling pulley at the pt. you should not have to reset the system before your pt. gets to the main vault.
Both scenarios (Your original plan & the plan used) get the job done. The joy of this stuff is that there is no one right way. I keep telling myself and my team members that"Just because I wouldn't do it that way, does not make it wrong!" Discussions like this are why I joined this website. Sounds like you have a decent team and equipment (I would love a second air system!) Keep it safe and always carry spare headlamp batteries!!!!!!
Brian
Lieutenant
RFD Resuce 1
we actually had to cancel this sememster's class b/c not enough people showed up pleny signed, but didn;t show
will be pushed back 2 the fall
the best thing u can do if u liked the class is tell others about it
thanks
get em in safe
work em safe
get em out safe
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Great looking page!! you need to send me an E-mail of your pictures like the 4 above and in your photos. Good post ! If you don't get many hits move it to the groups they have a lot of tec rescue there. look up Scott Richardson .
Stay Safe !! Dennis